Wisconsin records follow the state’s southern and central belt of workable soils, including the Ice Age Trail corridor, Kettle Moraine, and the country around Horicon. Moles are more often detected by fresh ridges or incidental finds than seen alive; the May–June and late-summer pulses coincide with active soils, yard work, trail use, and field surveys.
The 57 iNaturalist reports are detections, not a count of Eastern Moles. Lawns, gardens, paths, and other accessible ground make tunneling visible, while animals beneath private fields or undisturbed woodland remain largely unreported, so the pattern cannot measure local abundance.
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